Rev. Angel Cristostomo Mariano, s.j.-Assignment

Rev. Angel Crisostomo Mariano, s.j.

Ordained: 1992

Mariano was a cross-dresser who was convicted of child molestation in 1998 for performing oral sex on a teenage boy while posing as a 25 yr old woman. Served 5 months in jail. Jesuit leaders had reprimanded Mariano for sexual misconduct at least 5 yearsprior to the 1998 incident. Jesuits had apparently been moving him around since 1988. After release from prison he moved to Jesuit community at Los Gatos where other priests abused two mentally disabled residents.

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1992	1993					Mariano is not indexed in the 1993 Directory.
1993 San Jose bishop was Roland Pierre DuMaine (1981-1999)	1998	Most Holy Trinity	San Jose • A police officer caught Mariano in a sex act with a 17 year old boy in a parked car in Sept. 1998. He had arranged to meet two boys over the internet, saying he was a 25 year old woman. He was wearing lipstick and rouge when he met the boys. Mariano was arrested, convicted, and sent to jail for five months. Parishioners at Most Holy Trinity were not informed of the reason for his departure from the parish. (Los Angeles Times March 24, 2002)	CA	1/4, 2/2	Parish had a school with 243-310 students and a CCD program with 628 students.
1998	1999					Mariano is not indexed in the 1999 Directory. Mariano spent six months at a treatment facility for sex offenders in Maryland, after his release from jail. (San Jose Mercury News March 27, 2002)
1999 Patrick Joseph McGrath replaced DuMaine as bishop (1999- )	2002	Sacred Heart Jesuit Center	Los Gatos	CA		Mariano's name no longer appears in the Directories after 2002 As of 2002, Mariano was living at a Jesuit residential facility near Santa Clara University. (San Jose Mercury News March 30, 2002)

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1994-2002).

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